Tech News & Gadgets Nous Research Secures $90 Million Series B at $1.5 Billion Valuation to Scale Open-Source Enterprise AI Agents October 7, 2026 Iffa Jayyana Nous Research, the artificial intelligence startup behind the widely popular open-source Hermes agent, has officially closed a $90 million Series B funding round at a valuation of $1.5 billion. The…
Mobile Security & Privacy Critical Open-Source Office Vulnerability Allows Code Execution via Malicious Spreadsheets Without Warning October 6, 2026 Asep Darmawan Security researchers have uncovered a critical security vulnerability affecting two of the world’s most popular open-source office suites, LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice. The flaw allows a maliciously crafted spreadsheet to…
Linux & Open Source Kagi Ends Development of Orion Browser for Linux and Windows, Plans to Open Source the Codebase October 5, 2026 Jia Lissa Kagi has officially announced that it is halting the development of its Orion web browser for Linux, bringing a swift end to an ambitious cross-platform expansion effort that captured the…
Tech News & Gadgets Google Pauses Open Source Bug Bounty Program Amid Flood of Invalid AI Submissions October 4, 2026 Raul Delapena Setiawan Blaming a significant and unsustainable rise in low-quality automated entries, tech giant Google has officially paused its open source bug bounty program, effectively halting the acceptance of new vulnerability reports…
Linux & Open Source Kagi Pulls the Plug on Orion Linux Browser Development, Hands Project Over to the Open-Source Community October 3, 2026 Suro Senen Kagi has officially announced that it is ending its active development of the Orion web browser for Linux, choosing instead to redirect its limited resources and engineering focus entirely toward…
Tech News & Gadgets Meta open sources code to let you make Muse AI gadgets October 2, 2026 Pevita Pearce The move marks a significant step into the realm of DIY smart hardware. By open-sourcing the software through the newly established Muse Gadget SDK on GitHub, Meta is inviting hobbyists,…
Consumer Electronics & Hardware Nvidia Launches Open Agent Safety Platform to Govern Autonomous AI as Industry Faces Rising Security Crisis October 2, 2026 Sagoh Nvidia has officially launched the Nvidia Open Agent Safety Platform, a new open software platform and reference system design engineered to govern and secure autonomous artificial intelligence agents. Announced on…
Consumer Electronics & Hardware DeepSeek Partners With Huawei to Release Open-Source Programming Tools for Ascend AI Chips October 1, 2026 Muslim Chinese artificial intelligence pioneer DeepSeek has officially released a suite of open-source programming tools developed in close partnership with tech giant Huawei, marking a significant step forward for Huawei’s Ascend…
Custom ROMs & Modding Open-Source "TinyDesk" Project Transforms ESP32 Microcontrollers Into Mouse-Controlled Desktop Environments October 1, 2026 rifanmuazin The command line has long been a canvas for ingenious technical feats, frequently pushing the boundaries of what users expect from text-based interfaces. Programmers and hobbyists continually discover novel ways…
Linux & Open Source Meet Blanc: The Minimalist Open-Source Web Browser That Replaces Traditional Tabs with a Floating Island September 30, 2026 Sagoh In an era where mainstream web browsers are increasingly packed with artificial intelligence assistants, digital storefronts, corporate ecosystems, and memory-heavy notification systems, a fresh alternative has arrived on the scene.…
